Roundup: Iran to provide COVID-19 vaccines in March; over 675,000 health workers in Turkey receive Chinese vaccine


By Liu Lu
  • World
  • Sunday, 17 Jan 2021

CAIRO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Saturday said the country will start vaccination in March. Meanwhile, more than 675,000 health workers in Turkey have received COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac.

Addressing a national committee meeting on fighting COVID-19, Rouhani said Iran will begin mass vaccination by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2021).

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